University of Nottingham

Repository@Nottingham OAI-PMH (DSpace, institution-hosted)

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting provider of the institution-hosted DSpace repository. Verified live 2026-08-30 — verb=Identify returns 200 text/xml with repositoryName "University of Nottingham Repository", repositoryIdentifier repository.nottingham.ac.uk and an OpenAIRE CERIF 1.1 Compatibility block naming a second base URL at /server/oai/openairecris. verb=ListMetadataFormats returns eight prefixes including RIOXX v3.0 and uketd_dc (the UK EThOS thesis profile); verb=ListSets enumerates community and collection sets covering Nottingham eTheses, eDissertations (UK and UNM) and the CRIS. This is the endpoint that succeeded the retired EPrints OAI-PMH interfaces at eprints./etheses.nottingham.ac.uk, which now 301 into this host.

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https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-nottingham/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-nottingham-conformance.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-nottingham:repository-dspace-oai
name: Repository@Nottingham OAI-PMH (DSpace, institution-hosted)
x-operator: institution
description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting provider of the institution-hosted DSpace repository. Verified
  live 2026-08-30 — verb=Identify returns 200 text/xml with repositoryName "University of Nottingham Repository",
  repositoryIdentifier repository.nottingham.ac.uk and an OpenAIRE CERIF 1.1 Compatibility block naming
  a second base URL at /server/oai/openairecris. verb=ListMetadataFormats returns eight prefixes including
  RIOXX v3.0 and uketd_dc (the UK EThOS thesis profile); verb=ListSets enumerates community and collection
  sets covering Nottingham eTheses, eDissertations (UK and UNM) and the CRIS. This is the endpoint that
  succeeded the retired EPrints OAI-PMH interfaces at eprints./etheses.nottingham.ac.uk, which now 301
  into this host.
humanURL: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/research/
baseURL: https://repository.nottingham.ac.uk/server/oai/request
tags:
- Research Repository
- OAI-PMH
- DSpace
- RIOXX
- Open Access
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/university-of-nottingham-conformance.yml